I thought I'd read somewhere that on the Benelux board, if no-one buys a power plant during phase 2 of a turn, you don't discard the lowest power plant (as you normally would), because you'll be discarding it in phase 5 anyway.

I can't find that stated anywhere now, and I'm wondering if I imagined it! Or maybe I'm misremembering something else. Apologies if it's somewhere obvious and I'm just missing it.

Also, in phase 4, you do still discard any power plants equal to or less than the number of cities any player has, don't you?

There is no such rule for Benelux, but this does apply for the China board, where the progression of power plants is non-random and low plants are discarded in phase 5, if there are too many plants in the market after mandatory additions.

There is no such rule for Benelux, but this does apply for the China board, where the progression of power plants is non-random and low plants are discarded in phase 5, if there are too many plants in the market after mandatory additions.

Maybe that's what I'm thinking of. I read the rules for several expansions recently when deciding which ones to buy, and I suspect I've confused myself with all the different rules changes!